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Jing Yan; Shihui Liu; Catherine Armwood-Gordon; Lin Li – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
According to NSF (2017), even though the number of minority students in America's college-age population has been on the rise, those who choose Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as their majors are significantly fewer. There is an urgent need for African Americans, being the underrepresented minorities in STEM-related…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Minority Group Students, STEM Education, Majors (Students)
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Karamustafaoglu, Orhan; Pektas, Hüseyin Miraç – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
There is a great need for applied studies at the K-12 level on how creative problem solving skills can be developed in out-of-school environments and what kind of learning activities can be used. Therefore, in this study, the effects of inquiry-based STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) activities on students' STEM awareness and…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Active Learning, Inquiry
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Endang Widi Winarni; Endina Putri Purwandari; Fadhli Omi Raharjo – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Scientific literacy must be developed to prepare the students for handling current challenges. This study purpose is to determine whether the use of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) and Virtual Reality (VR) with the Project-based Learning (PjBL) model has an influence on scientific literacy in elementary students. The…
Descriptors: Art Education, STEM Education, Computer Simulation, Scientific Literacy
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Solodikhina, ?nna; Solodikhina, ?aria – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Engineering education must be changed following the change in the labor market. The cult of innovation has led to a demand for innovators who have both the mindset of an inventor who can see a problem and find a way to solve it, and the mindset of an entrepreneur who is ready to bring that solution to life. Thus, teaching a techno-innovator…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Thinking Skills, Innovation, Skill Development
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Morales-Botello, María Luz; Moreno Martínez, Carlos – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Communication and planning are skills expected among graduates. However, a skills deficit continues to be present among students. To address this problem, here we considered the final year project (FYP), a widely used way of working on skills in STEM degrees. Furthermore, we took into account recent research that highlights the importance of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students
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Fokides, Emmanuel; Papoutsi, Alexandra – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Primary school students find it difficult to grasp concepts related to electricity. On the other hand, tangible user interfaces, such as Makey-Makey, offer an interesting alternative for teaching this subject. In order to examine whether the above holds true, a pilot project was carried out, having as a target group 75 students aged 10-11, divided…
Descriptors: Energy, STEM Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science